[LAU] Looking for AMD motherboard with PCI slot

[Ivan K]

michael noble <looplog at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Be aware, these boards do NOT have integrated GPUs. They have the headers
> and ports, but the provision of actual graphics depends on you buying an
> AMD APU which contains integrated CPU/GPU. This is the same for all current
> gen AMD based mainboards. The current Ryzen chips are NOT APUs, they are
> CPUs only. In other words, if you buy these mainboards and a Ryzen 3, 5, or
> 7 CPU you will still need to buy a separate GPU. To make use of integrated
> graphics on the mainboards you have selected, you would need to buy a
> slower current gen AMD APU which are NOT based on the Zen architecture.


Ok, concerning the ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS MB, the 
web page does say concerning the graphics:

Integrated AMD Radeon R Series Graphics
in the 7th Generation A-Series APU

however, concerning the CPU, same web page reads:

AMD AM4 Socket for AMD Ryzen/7th Generation
A-series/Athlon Processors 

So are they saying that if you do put a Ryzen CPU
on this board (and not an APU), you just need
to put a third party graphics card in one of the 
PCIe slots ?

Thanks.  I appreciate the collective wisdom
on this list.




> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Ivan K <ivan_521521 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > (1) ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS MB
> > https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350-PLUS/specifications/
> >
> > It does have integrated graphics processor, though.  Does anyone
> > have an opinion about the onboard AMD Radeon R Series Graphics ?
> >
> >
> > (2) Gigabyte GA-A320-DS3
> > https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-A320-DS3-rev-10#kf
> > 
> > This one also has integrated graphics, which is called
> > "2-Way CrossFire Multi-Graphics Support"
> >